Cache, UT
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology.
Environmental data for Cache in Utah · Population: 137,031
Cache, UT is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 15 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 23 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 49/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 896.3K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 12 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 44 and a peak AQI of 101 in 2024, with 65% of observed days rated "Good" (0–50).
All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.
Air Quality History (2020–2024)
EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) data showing how many days per year fall into each air quality category.
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy (SG) | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 238 (65%) | 127 | 1 | 101 |
| 2023 | 219 (60%) | 138 | 4 | 187 |
| 2022 | 223 (61%) | 135 | 6 | 155 |
| 2021 | 213 (58%) | 142 | 10 | 129 |
| 2020 | 205 (56%) | 152 | 5 | 162 |
Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County AQI categories: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300), Hazardous (301+)
For real-time air quality readings and pollutant breakdowns in Utah, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (23)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| LOGAN CITY WATER SYSTEM | 55,540 | 0 |
| SMITHFIELD CITY | 10,223 | 0 |
| HYRUM CITY | 10,200 | 0 |
| PROVIDENCE CITY WATER SYSTEM | 8,830 | 0 |
| NORTH LOGAN CITY | 8,500 | 1 |
| NIBLEY CITY WATER | 7,926 | 0 |
| WELLSVILLE CITY WATER SYSTEM | 4,190 | 3 |
| RIVER HEIGHTS CITY | 2,195 | 0 |
| LEWISTON CITY | 2,078 | 0 |
| MILLVILLE CITY | 1,900 | 0 |
| MENDON CITY | 1,640 | 0 |
| PARADISE TOWN WATER SYSTEM | 1,014 | 6 |
| NEWTON TOWN WATER SYSTEM | 810 | 1 |
| CLARKSTON TOWN WATER SYSTEM | 763 | 0 |
| BENSON CULINARY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT | 743 | 1 |
| AMALGA TOWN WATER SYSTEM | 495 | 1 |
| TRENTON TOWN WATER SYSTEM | 490 | 5 |
| CORNISH TOWN WATER SYSTEM | 275 | 13 |
| HIGH CREEK WATER CO | 120 | 1 |
| COVE WATERWORKS | 60 | 9 |
| GOASLIND SPRING W W CO | 45 | 1 |
| EDEN RANCH WATER COMPANY | 28 | 0 |
| PARADISE WEST SUBDIVISION | 27 | 1 |
TRI Facilities (15)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gossner Foods Inc (cheese) | 477.4K lbs |
| 2 | Ttm Technologies Inc. | 286.6K lbs |
| 3 | Schreiber Foods Inc | 91.4K lbs |
| 4 | West Point Dairy Products Inc | 21.3K lbs |
| 5 | Swift Beef Co | 18.2K lbs |
| 6 | Hyrum Hot Plant | 1.2K lbs |
| 7 | Schreiber Foods Inc. | 141 lbs |
| 8 | Prismview LLC | 3 lbs |
| 9 | Paragon Medical | 2 lbs |
| 10 | Spartronics Logan | 1 lbs |
| 11 | Geneva Rock Products Inc. - Logan | 0 lbs |
| 12 | Thomas Petroleum LLC Logan | 0 lbs |
| 13 | Baicor | 0 lbs |
| 14 | Frontier Scientific Inc | 0 lbs |
| 15 | Frontier Specialty Chemicals | 0 lbs |
Cities in Cache (4)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.